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Originally Posted by AlexB
Offside is the one area where VAR works both brilliantly and terribly - it is definitive and inarguable, and at the same time is killing the game
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Yes, this is a good summary. Again, I draw a comparison to the way baseball is being killed by decisions no one really wants even though they are right. I hate the base slide reviews so much that I would almost be for a rule that says all runners are safe as long as they beat the tag and didn't slide past the bag or make an attempt toward the next bag. Calling guys out who are safe but who lose contact with the bag for a split second while their body slides violently across the bag is totally not the intent of replay (except in obvious cases where the player slides past the bag). I see the offsides replay the same way.
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